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Our IT dept wanted to place quota limits, but found out
that it only works if you are the owner of the file. Well
4 months ago we moved all the User's home files to another
hard drive and guess who is the owner of most of the
files? Yes the local administrator. So Useless Quota Limit
number one. Then when we the administrator decide to Take
Ownership of the files via Explorer, it takes ownership,
but not according to Quota Limits, guess who is still the
owner? Yes, the original person. So useless Qutot Limit
number two. Also if you are a Domain admin and write to
the server, you are not the owner of your own file, the
Local Admin is. Number 3.
Not only is the concept a bad idea and useless one, it
doesn't work according to it's own design. Has anyone else
had this experience and found anything usefull about Quota
limits?
It would be nice if you could simply limit the size of a
folder regardless of who is using it. This concept is
closer to the real world, since the major determining
factor of who writes what where is already determined by
permissions NOT ownership. Now if Microsoft could write it
in such a way as to say this Folder can only reach this
limit that would be great, because who owns the file
really is the persons or people using it, not what the
system erroneously refers to as "Ownership".
I really would like serious feedback on this questions,
because I need to know if I am right or just not seeing it.
thank you
(I hope it doesn't look like I'm just complaining)
that it only works if you are the owner of the file. Well
4 months ago we moved all the User's home files to another
hard drive and guess who is the owner of most of the
files? Yes the local administrator. So Useless Quota Limit
number one. Then when we the administrator decide to Take
Ownership of the files via Explorer, it takes ownership,
but not according to Quota Limits, guess who is still the
owner? Yes, the original person. So useless Qutot Limit
number two. Also if you are a Domain admin and write to
the server, you are not the owner of your own file, the
Local Admin is. Number 3.
Not only is the concept a bad idea and useless one, it
doesn't work according to it's own design. Has anyone else
had this experience and found anything usefull about Quota
limits?
It would be nice if you could simply limit the size of a
folder regardless of who is using it. This concept is
closer to the real world, since the major determining
factor of who writes what where is already determined by
permissions NOT ownership. Now if Microsoft could write it
in such a way as to say this Folder can only reach this
limit that would be great, because who owns the file
really is the persons or people using it, not what the
system erroneously refers to as "Ownership".
I really would like serious feedback on this questions,
because I need to know if I am right or just not seeing it.
thank you
(I hope it doesn't look like I'm just complaining)